Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions <26.6.3 >=27.0.0 <27.2.0 >=28.0.0 <28.1.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.7% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6137744
  • published 22 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 20 Dec 2023
  • credit Clément Lecigne, Vlad Stolyarov

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.3, 27.2.0, 28.1.0 or higher.

Overview

electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the WebRTC framework, used to provide Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via JavaScript APIs.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

8.8 high